Ideology vs governance: How BJP plans to win Bengal

'The Shaheen Bagh model of bullets and biryani won’t work. The RSS looked at a template that would play to Bengali pride and harp on the state’s development. Mamata’s slogan to......

When anti-CAA protesters resorted to 'Gandhigiri'

Anti-citizenship law protesters offered roses to security personnel at the Jantar Mantar on Thursday, saying the police can baton charge them as much as they want, but their message is "love in......

Chouhan launches 'peace fast', farmers vow to continue stir

Facing an agrarian unrest in Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday launched an indefinite fast in Bhopal with an appeal for peace and met farmer leaders, but failed to......

'Why give special treatment to Sanjay Dutt alone?'

'There are other prisoners too who are behaving in a good manner, but they are not being released sooner.' 'Show similar leniency to the other 27,000 plus prisoners too.' A social activist from......

The blind spot on India's biggest banking whodunit

The PNB fiasco falls into a family line that involves non-fund limits - read contingent liabilities which are off-books. Harshad Mehta did it with bankers’ receipts in 1992.Ketan Parekh......

Bad loans: All is not lost for India's public sector banks

Factors like dedicated recovery teams, centralised follow-up on bad loan accounts and resolutions via NCLT are driving the trend Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Most public sector banks......

'We used Gandhigiri to shame defaulters'

‘The major success behind our robust recovery performance has come from our war room.’ ‘It is a small set of six-seven people that monitor (NPA) accounts. They help branches and......

Mukesh ups the ante with Jio's free voice and roaming, cheaper data

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Thursday announced free voice calling, zero roaming charges and cheaper data tariffs for Jio customers.  Ambani also announced a 'free welcome......

10 Hit Sequels On OTT

It's a season of sequels, with Gadar 2 and OMG 2 hitting the cinemas together. it took a while for Bollywood film-makers to cash in on sequels and franchises, but over the last decade or so, there......

18 Films That Made Us Cry

Entertainment may be its raison d'etre, but the tears brought about by cinema are no less significant. Some movies are more sentimental than others -- they strike an instant chord, touch a raw......

'I don't like making stories about guns and drugs'

'When Sanju came out on parole, I went to meet him.''I was curious to know what it is like living in a jail -- what kind of cell was it, what does he eat, what does he do the whole day?''So he told......

Akshay, Kamal Haasan, Anil Kapoor: Bollywood's anti-corruption crusaders

It's not just the aam aadmi who has been feeling the corruption heat.  Corruption is the 'in' thing. In fact, it has been in vogue ever since one can remember. At times, it has been serious......